Chapter 7 (2/2)
However just as he was about to open the door he heard voices from within.
“How many times do I have to tell you, don’t deliberately skip this egg! Was it because I didn’t observe today, that you wanted to throw this egg aside?” Xia Qi’s voice held barley suppressed boiling anger. “To apply nutrient solution to this egg, is it so difficult? The other two eggs were taken care of, why can’t you do the same for this egg too?”
“How can I treat them the same? Xia Qi, you know the situation clearly, don’t make things difficult for me… Besides, this nutrient solution is not indispensable.” Zhao Chuan eyed the black egg, the thought of raising and touching it made him feel repulsed. He opened his mouth and with a disgusted tone said, “Unlucky…”
“You saw it yourself, the other clubs were escaping from this young egg, doing all to not be the one to care for it. Which caretaker team would be willing to put up such a difficult thing! You and the president have a bad habit of taking these kind of things, but you will see, you will regret your decision eventually. Or have you forgotten, which race it was that brought upon us the Back Horror?” Many people have died because of that illness and Zhao Chuan did not feel that he had made any mistake. He only said the truth and done what any other in their sane mind would do.
The Black Horror, which appeared more than 30 years ago, was still an incurable disease. People who suffer from it would gradually lose control over their body. At first, it may only be parts of their limbs, but as the illness progressed, the numbness would spread and a black totem-like pattern would gradually appear on the skin of the sick person. When the black totem was full, the sick person would have completely lost control of their body
The scary thing was that even though the body was completely incapable of moving, their consciousness was still very clear, aware of it all.
This kind of curse-like illness only came to be because of the arrogance of a race called “Knox”.
The Knox had stood at the top of the universe, whether it was technology or abilities, they were superior. However, in order to satisfy their own desires, they carried out crazy experiments and it became their downfall.
They had created the Black Horror, if it was intentionally or not, no one knows. But something must have gone wrong. Because they not only destroyed their own race, they also almost took the other races down together with them and even after they were no longer, they still left big problem that could not be eliminated – that is, The Black Horror.
When it struck the entire interstellar, the original highly prosperous planet of the Knox race became a ruin overnight.
No survivors, at least everyone originally thought so, until the Star Alliance’s investigative forces found an egg in the ruins of the Knox race capital, that was protected by dozens of defense devices.
Although all races held grievances and hate about this disaster, they still had their ethics. Therefore, after the investigative forces found the egg, the Star Alliance decided to sent the egg to whichever nursing association that was willing to adopt it.
This young egg had been transferred to many different associations and clubs, but it was not long before it was once again sent away. Finally, it was sent to Gaia Star and this time got permanently adopted into this simple and old nursing club.
Hence the last of the Knox kind was now here.
Xie Tao had momentarily stopped when he heard the disputed inside but he now opened the door. His eyes searched the room and he saw that the golden ball had stopped by a black egg.
The other two eggs sitting beside each other in the incubator had already been smeared with nutrient solution and was now waiting for it to be absorbed. But the black egg was shunned to the side and its surface was still dry.
The golden light ball that had entered the hatching room hovered around the black egg and after circling it for the third time, the golden ball gradually started to fade and disappeared.
The golden ball had given its final guidance.
The key to everything was this egg? Xie Tao felt some doubt but he knew that Xia Zuo wouldn’t get it wrong, the world’s faith depended on it.
Xie Tao gazed at the egg and then made a decision. Raising his head, he looked them in their eyes and took the initiative to break the silence in the room: “This egg, I will take care of it from now on.”
He had heard the disputed just now and even if the golden ball hadn’t told him to, he would still had done the same thing.
As soon as he heard Xie Tao’s words, Zhao Chuan immediately nodded and said: “Yes, this is for the best, Xia Qi, you don’t have to persuade me in the future. He will be responsible for this.”
Xia Qi had successfully suppressed her anger after Xie Tao came into the room, and although Zhao Chuan’s repeated laziness and neglect irritated her, she still carefully consider it and then reluctant gave a sound of approval for the eggs sake.
It was actually quite easy to take care of the eggs. You just had to apply the nutrient solution every few days, nothing else.
There was too many people by the incubator so Xie Tao took the nutrient solution from the shelf and picked up the black egg. The egg was quite big and Xie Tao had to use both of his arms to cradle it as he walked.
Will this be the key to saving the world or the root cause of the destruction of the world? Reaching out and touching the eggshell of this black egg in his arms, Xie Tao could not help but to wonder.
Xie Tao did not know what the golden ball’s finally guidance meant, just that it had something to do with this egg. He thought about how he should treat this young cub when it hatches, what he should teach it. From the dispute he just heard, its race had probably done some very bad things.
But no matter what the race did before, you shouldn’t blame a cub that hadn’t yet broken the shell. It was too unreasonable…
This cub was still not born, it hadn’t done anything bad, it was just an innocent child.
Xie Tao sat down in the corner of the room and squeezed the nutrient solution into the palm of his hand. He then closed his hand, warming it until it had reached room temperature before carefully applying it.
During the process, Xia Qi told him that applying the nutrient solution three times will achieve the best results. Xie Tao nodded and did not think that it was annoying. Seeing him starting to gently apply the second layer without complaining, Xia Qi felt satisfied and left the room together with Zhao Chuan.
After finishing it, Xie Tao got up and carefully placed the black egg back on the cushion in the incubator.
“Hurry up and get born, ok?” Xia Tao reached out and touched the egg as he said this in soft voice.
To others it might seem that saying this held no special meaning, after all he had just met the egg. But Xie Tao felt that the birth of every cub should be something to look forward to. Therefore, if no one else was willing to be excited for the birth of this young cub, then he will be the one to look forward to it.
After saying this, Xie Tao confirmed that he had not missed anything and then left the hatching room, carefully closing the door behind him.
What Xie Tao didn’t notice was that just as he had turned around, the black eggs lying quietly on the soft mat had suddenly moved. Then at the same time as the click of the door sounded, a small cracking sound could be heard and if you looked very closely you would see that a faint zigzag line had appeared on the smooth eggshell that had just been smeared with nutrient solution.
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Translator’s note:
I have read your comments and decided to go with Xie Lanlan as most of you prefer it. On another note, it seems that we can look forward to a new cub it the next chapter! ( ^ω^ )
[1] – Qi Zhen means: A rare treasure, something priceless and unique.